The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1887-11-02

persistent gambler, VINO, not Delng Will
ing to leave the dice-table long enough for
the taking Of food, invented preparation
OF food that he could take without stop
ping the game, namely, slice Of beef be-
tween two slices of bread, which was
named after Lord Sandwich. 1t is absurd
for those Of us who have never felt tho
fascination of the wagerto speak slight
ingly of the temptation. 1t has slain .
multitude Of intellectual and moral
giants, men and women stronger than
you or l. Down under its power went
glorious Oliver Goldsmith, and Glib
bon, the historian, and Charles Fox the
statesman, and in olden times famous
Senators of the United States, who used to
be as regularly at the gambling-house all
night as they were in the halls Of legisla-
tion by day. Oh, the tragedies Of the faro
table! know persons who began with o
slight stake in lady's parlor and ended
with the suicides pistol at Monte Carlo.
They played with the square pieces OF
bone with black marks on them, not know
ing that Satan was playing for their bones
at the same time, and was sure to sweep
all the stakes of ON his side Of the table.
The New York Legislature sanctioned the
mighty evil last spring by passing law
for its defense at the race tracks, and
many young men in these cities lost
oil their wages at Coney Island this
summer, and this fall are borrow
ing from the money tills of their en-
ployers or arranging by means Of false
entry to adjust their demoralized finances.
Every man who voted for the liver Pool
bill has on his hands and forehead the
blood of these souls.
But in this connection some young con-
verts say to me: as it right to play
cardsa Is there any harm in game
Of whist or euchrel" Well, know good
men who play whist and euchre and other
styles of game without any wagers. l
had friend who played cards with his
| wife and children, and then at tho
| close said: 'Come, now, let US have
prayers" Twill not Judge other mems
consciences, but will tell you that cards
are in my mind so associated with the tenn.
poral and eternal damnation Of splendid
young men that should no sooner say to
| my family, "Comc, lot us have game OF
cards." than l would 60 into q menagerie
and soy, "Come, let's have game OF rat
| tle-snakes," or into cemetery, and, sit
ting down by a marble slab, say to the
| grave-diggers: "Come, let US have game
Of skulls" Conscientious young ladies
are silently saying to me while speak
'Do you think card-playing will do US any
harmW Perhaps not; but how will you
feel at the great day of eternity, when
we are asked to give an account
of our influence, some man shall say
to you: II was introduced to games OF
chance in the year 1887 in Brooklyn, at
your house, and went on from that sport
to something more exciting, and went on
down until lost my business, and lost my
morals, and lost my soul, and these chains
that you see ON my wrists and feet are the
chains Of a gamester's doom, and am on
my way to gamblers hell" Honey is
the start, eternal catastrophe at the last.
Stock gambling comes into the Same cat
alogue. 1t must be very exhilarating ia
20 into Wall street, New York, or State
street, Boston, or Third street. Philadel
phia, and deposit small sum of money,
run the risk Of taking out fortune. Many
men are doing an honest and safe businesl
| in the stock market, and you are an igno
ramus if you do not know that it is just q,
| legitimate to deal in stocks as to deal in
coffee or sugar or -four. But
nearly all the outsiders who &c
there on q little financial excur
sion lose all. The old spiders eat up the
unsuspecting flies. had friend who put
his hand on his hip pocket and said to me
in substance: II have there the value Of
$3.50, 0W." His home is to-day penniless
What was the matter? Wall street. o.
the vast majority who are victimized you
hear not one word. One great stock firm
goes down and whole columns of news
papers discuss their fraud or their dis
aster, and we are presented with theil
features and their biography. But where
one such famous firms sinks, fv,
hundred unknown men sink will
them. The great steamer goes down
and all the little boats are swallowed
in the same engulfment. Gambling
is gambling, whether in stocks Of
breadstuffs, or dice or race-track betting
Exhilaration ct the start, and a ravin.
brain, and shattered nervous system
and sacrificed property, and destroyed
soul at the last. Young man, buy no lot
terry tickets, purchase no prize packages
bet on no baseball games, or yacht.racinR
have no faith in luck, answer no misteri
GUS circulars proposing great income 70
small investment, shoe away the buzzard
that hover around our hotels trying to en-
trap strangers. Go out and make an hon
est living. Have God on your side and b
candidate for Heaven. 6,.Ts,i
Remember, all the paths of sin ar
beautiful with flowers at the start, an
there ere plenty of helpful hands to fetc
the gay charger to your door and hold tn
stirrup while you mount. But further O.
the horse plunges to the bit in slough
inextricable. The best honey is not Liz
that which Jonathan took on the en-
of the rod and brought to his lips
( but that which God puts on til
banqueting table Of mercy. at which W
: are all invited to sit. / was reading Of
boy among the mountains of Switzerlan
I and ascending o dangerous place wit
his father and the guides. The DO
stopped on the edge Of the eli,
, ard said: "There is flower
: mean to get" "Come away from there,
: said the father, "you will fall off," mo,
: said he, ~ must get that beautiful dow
err" and the guides rushed toward him I
pull him back, when they hear
4 him say, 81 almost have it." Is b
: fell two thousand feet. Birds Of prey wer
seen few days after, circling throug
the air and lowering gradually to tho plac
: where the corpse law WHY seek flowa,